Railway-tie.



Na... PATBNTBD JULY 14,1903. o. HUGHES.

RAILWAY TIE.

APBLIOATION FILED APB. 1a. 190s.

No MODEL.

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IINTTED STATES Patented .my 14, lees.

PATENT EEICE.

l RAILWAY-TIE.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 733,843, dated July 14, 1903.

I Application filed April 18,1903. v Serial No. 153,317. (No model.)

To LEZ whom t may concern: p

Be it known that I, OLIVER HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Cambria, in the county of Macon and State of Missouri, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a. specification.

My invention relates lo new and useful improvements in railway-ties; and its object is to provide a tie of this character which is provided with novel means for fastening rails thereto.

A further object is to employ ties the ends of which are constructed so as to securely join the adjacent abutting ends of rails and prevent pounding upon said ends by the Wheels of a car passing thereover.

Withl the above and other objects in view the invention consists in providing metal railroad-ties the ends of which are bent inward and adapted to extend over the outer flanges of the rails. Securing-plates are detachably fastened to these ties and are adapted to eX- tend over the inner flanges of the rails, and thereby prevent displacement thereof. The ties which extend under the abutting ends of the rails are provided with supporting-blocks which are adapted to extend over the outer [ish-plates flush with the upper surface of the heads of the rails. Each of these blocks is secured to the rails by means of bolts, and said bolts also serve to fasten the inner fishplates in position. with the upper'surface of the rails, it is obvious that they will serve to support the wheels of a car when passing over the endsof the rails, and will therefore prevent pounding.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which- Figure lis a plan View of rails mounted upon ties constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line :1: .fr of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a section on line y y of Fig. 2.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 l are railway-ties, each of which is preferably formed of two strips of metal 2 and 3, respectively, the base-strip 2 being secured 413 i'n position.

As the blocks are flush to the upper strip 3 in any suitable manner, as'by means of bolts 4 extending therethrough. The ends of the upper strip 3 of each tie are bent inward to form hooks 5, adapted to eX- tend over the outer flanges 6 of the rails 7. Securing-plates 8 overlap the inner flanges 9 ofthe rails and are held securely in position thereover by means of the bolts 4, which eX-v tend therethrough. Ties of special construction are provided at points under the railjoints. These specially-constructed ties, as illustrated in Fig. 2, aresubstantiallyv similar tothe ordinary ties employed, with the exception that one of the ends of the upper strip 3 terminates -in an upwardly-extending block 10, the upper edge of which bears against and is flush with the outer faces ofthe cont-acting ends of the rails. This block extends over the outer fish-plate ll and is clamped thereupon and upon the rails by means of bolts 12, which alsoserve to secure the inner fish-plate A securing-plate 8 similar to the one hereinbefore described is fastened upon the upper strip 3 of the tie in such position as to allow it to overlap the inner anges of the rail and the flange of the inner fishplate.

It will be seen that this improved tie is eX- tremely simple and inexpensive in construction, and by the use thereof it is unnecessary to employ spikes or other similar securing means for holding the rails in position. Moreover, spreading of the rails is prevented, and as the upper edge-of block 10 is flush with the upper surface of the contacting ends of the rails it is obvious that pounding upon said ends by the wheels of a carpassing thereover will be prevented.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not desire to limit myself thereto, asI am aware that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of myv IOO said upper strip having one end portion bent l and plates secured to the upper strip and over zo inwardly to form a hook adapted to extend lapping the inner fianges of the rails.

over the outer flange of a rail, the opposite In testimony whereof I affix my signature end portion of the strip terminating in an upin presence of two Witnesses.

Wardly-extendinfr bleek the upper edffe of 1 which bears against and is Hush witlzl3 the OLIVER HUGHILS outer faces of the contacting ends of rails, Witnesses:

said block extending over an outer fish-plate W. F. WILDER,

and clamped thereupon and upon the rails, W. H. FEAGANS. 

